USawule unqoba u-Amaleki kodwa akalaleli
Ethunywe nguBaba wethu ukuba abhubhise u-Amaleki, uSawule uyayigcina inkosi nemfuyo engcono kakhulu, azakhele nesikhumbuzo. Lapho ebhekana nakho, usola amabutho, akubize ngomhlatshelo. USamuweli uphendula ngokuthi ukulalela kungcono kunomhlatshelo, amtshele ukuthi umbuso udatshulwe kuye, abulale u-Agagi ngokwakhe.
15 1USamuweli wathi kuSawule: “UBaba wethu wangithuma ukuba ngikugcobe ube yinkosi phezu kwabantu bakhe u-Israyeli. Manje lalela amazwi kaBaba wethu.
2Nakhu okushiwo uBaba wamabutho asezulwini: ‘Ngikubalile lokho u-Amaleki akwenza ku-Israyeli—indlela amelana nabo ngayo endleleni yokwenyuka eGibhithe. 3Hamba, ushaye u-Amaleki uchithe ngokuphelele konke abanakho. Ungabonisi sihawu—bulala owesilisa nowesifazane, umntwana nosana, inkabi nemvu, ikamela nembongolo.’”
4USawule wabiza amabutho wawabala eThelayimi: amabutho ahamba ngezinyawo ayizinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amabili, amadoda akwaJuda ayizinkulungwane eziyishumi. 5USawule wafika emzini wakwa-Amaleki wacathama esigodini. 6USawule wathi kumaKheni: “Hambani, nisuke, nimuke phakathi kwama-Amaleki, funa nginikhukhule kanye nawo; ngokuba nabonisa umusa kubo bonke abantu bakwa-Israyeli ekwenyukeni kwabo eGibhithe.” Ngakho amaKheni asuka phakathi kwama-Amaleki.
7USawule washaya ama-Amaleki kusukela eHavila kuze kufike eShuri, elisempumalanga yeGibhithe. 8Wathumba u-Agagi, inkosi yama-Amaleki, ephila, kodwa wababhubhisa bonke abantu ngenkemba. 9USawule namabutho bamyeka u-Agagi, nezimvu nezinkomo ezinhle kakhulu, ezikhulupheleyo namawundlu—konke okuhle. Benqaba ukukubhubhisa, kodwa babhubhisa konke okwakudelelekile nokungasizi lutho.
10Kwase kufika izwi likaBaba wethu kuSamuweli, lithi:
11“Ngiyazisola ngokuba ngenze uSawule inkosi; usebuyele emuva ekungilandeleni akenzanga nalokho engakuyala khona.” USamuweli wathukuthela wakhala kuBaba wethu ubusuku bonke. a a v11 Lapho uBaba wethu ethi “uyazisola” ngokwenza uSawule inkosi, akavumi iphutha kodwa ubonisa usizi lwangempela ngokufulathela kukaSawule—njengoba ivesi 29 likwenza kucace, akaguquli umqondo wakhe ngendlela umuntu enza ngayo.
12USamuweli wavuka ekuseni kakhulu ukuba ahlangabeze uSawule ekuseni, watshelwa kwathiwa: “USawule uye eKarmeli wazimisela insika yesikhumbuzo, wabe esephenduka wehlela eGiligali.”
13USamuweli wafika kuSawule. USawule wathi: “UBaba wethu makakubusise! Ngiwenzile umyalo kaBaba wethu.”
14Kodwa uSamuweli wathi: “Kuyini lokhu kukhala kwezimvu ezindlebeni zami, nokubhonga kwezinkomo engikuzwayo?”
15USawule wathi: “Bazilethe zivela kuma-Amaleki; amabutho ayeke izimvu nezinkomo ezinhle kakhulu ukuze ahlabele uBaba wakho, kodwa okunye konke sakubhubhisa.”
16USamuweli wathi kuSawule: “Yima—ake ngikutshele lokho uBaba wethu akusho kimi izolo ebusuku.” USawule wathi: “Khuluma.”
17USamuweli wathi: “Noma umncane emehlweni akho, awubanga yinhloko yezizwe zakwa-Israyeli na? UBaba wethu wakugcoba waba yinkosi phezu kuka-Israyeli, 18uBaba wethu wakuthuma ohambweni, wathi: ‘Hamba, ubhubhise izoni, ama-Amaleki, ulwe nawo uze uwaqede nya.’” 19Kungani ungalilalelanga izwi likaBaba wethu? Watheleka empangweni, wenza okubi emehlweni kaBaba wethu.
20USawule wathi kuSamuweli: “Ngililalele izwi likaBaba wethu! Ngihambile ohambweni uBaba wethu angithuma kulo, ngabuya no-Agagi inkosi yama-Amaleki, ngabhubhisa ama-Amaleki. 21Kodwa amabutho athatha izimvu nezinkomo ezinhle kakhulu empangweni, ebezimele ukubhubhiswa, ukuze ahlabele uBaba wakho eGiligali.”
22USamuweli wathi: “Kanti uBaba wethu uyakuthokozela yini iminikelo yokushiswa nemihlatshelo njengokulalela izwi likaBaba wethu? Ukulalela kungcono kunomhlatshelo, ukubeka indlebe kungcono kunamanoni ezinqama. 23Ngokuba ukuhlubuka kunjengesono sokubhula, nokuzidla kunjengobubi bokukhonza izithombe. Ngenxa yokuba ulahle izwi likaBaba wethu, naye usekulahlile ekubeni yinkosi.”
24USawule wathi kuSamuweli: “Ngonile. Ngeqe umyalo kaBaba wethu namazwi akho, ngokuba ngesaba abantu ngabalalela. 25Manje ngiyakucela, thethelela isono sami ubuye nami, ukuze ngikhonze uBaba wethu.”
26USamuweli wathi kuSawule: “Ngeke ngibuye nawe. Walahla izwi likaBaba wethu, noBaba wethu usekulahlile ekubeni yinkosi phezu kuka-Israyeli.” 27Kuthe lapho uSamuweli ephenduka ukuba ahambe, uSawule wabamba umphetho wengubo kaSamuweli, yadabuka. 28USamuweli wathi kuye: “UBaba wethu uwudabule umbuso wakwa-Israyeli kuwe namuhla, wawunika umngane wakho, ongcono kunawe. 29INkazimulo ka-Israyeli, uBaba wethu, ngeke aqambe amanga noma aguqule umqondo wakhe, ngokuba akasiye umuntu ongaguqula umqondo wakhe.”
30USawule wathi: “Ngonile, kodwa ngiyakucela ungidumise manje phambi kwamalunga abantu bami naphambi kuka-Israyeli; buya nami, ukuze ngikhonze uBaba wakho.”
31Ngakho uSamuweli wabuya noSawule, uSawule wakhonza uBaba wethu. 32USamuweli wabe esethi: “Lethani kimi u-Agagi inkosi yama-Amaleki.” U-Agagi weza kuye enethemba, ecabanga ethi: “Ngempela ingozi yokufa isidlulile.”
33USamuweli wathi: “Njengoba inkemba yakho yenze abesifazane baba ngabangenabantwana, kanjalo unyoko uyakuba ngongenabantwana phakathi kwabesifazane.” Wabe eseqaqa u-Agagi aba yizingcezu phambi kukaBaba wethu eGiligali.
34USamuweli wabe eseya eRama, uSawule wenyukela ekhaya lakhe eGibeya kaSawule. 35USamuweli akaphindanga wambona uSawule kwaze kwaba yilanga lokufa kwakhe, kodwa uSamuweli wamlilela uSawule. UBaba wethu wazisola ngokuba enze uSawule inkosi phezu kuka-Israyeli.
